"Grandfather, regarding everything you just said to me, I can answer you clearly without even thinking—I could never bear to leave my own children. I am their birth mother; they are the ones I brought into this world through hard work. How could I possibly not love them?"
"But some things can't be addressed in a few words or resolved with a few pledges. Often, I don't quite understand why I am so stubborn. I've given so much for this marriage, and yet, in the end, I've gained nothing."
"Perhaps you've never experienced what it's like to have someone else dictate your life, to be a lamb led to slaughter without any power to resist, without any means to fight back. Who can understand that despair? Step by step, I've reached today. What I care about isn't your family's wealth. I could marry a man with no money or power, but I wish for that man to be sincerely devoted to me, not doubting me at every turn, only trusting me, his wife, to regard me as his spouse for life!"
